Adjustable folding spring-cot.



A. E. GOSSO.

ADJUSTABLE FOLDING SPRING COT.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.12. 1911.

1,120,931 Patented Dec. 15,1914.

. in hospitals, police mines, factories, and on ambulances,- and UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ALTON E. GOSSO, or CHI-once, ILLINOIS. A

ADJUSTABLE FOLDING srRI cr-oo'r;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALTON supported cot, that may be quickly and easily set up and adjusted to suitthe re quirements of the user, or folded insmall space when not in use.

The device 1s particularly adapted for use stations, schools, coal all common carriers, such as railway trains, boats, and the like, for caring for the sick or injured, and is suitable for use in the above mentioned places or on the porch or lawn for resting or other purposes. t

The invention has among its objects the production of an improved device of the kind described that is simple, convenient, durable, eiiicient, sanitary and satisfactory, for use wherever found-applicable, and particularly the production of a device that can easily and quickly be setup for use or taken apart and compactly folded for storage or transporting; that may be adjustedto meet the'requirements of the occupant, and thatwill support the occupant comfortably and without j or used on any vehicle or carrier. 1

1 To this end my inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement andcomblnation of parts herein shown and described,

and more particularlypointed "out in the claims. I a p In the drawings,-wherein like reference characters indicate like 5 or corresponding parts :Figure 1 is a-perspective view of my improved device. Fig; 2'is a perspective view and part alsectional 'VlGW' of. one

of the spring members. Fig, 31is across sectional view of the body part. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the same through one of the spreader bars. '1 v Referring. to the drawings, my preferred form of cot comprises what may be termed Specification of Letters Patent.

E. Gosso, a citizen of the United States, residing .at .164: North Central avenue, Austin Station,

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ar" or shock while being carried a bed part, which resembles tosomeextent,

and maybe termeda stretcher, "and suitable folding-and adjustable "supports for carry-.

ing the bed part when the device is in use.

The bed partpreferabIycomprises a pair Patented Dec'. 15, 1914. v Application filed October 12,1911. Seiia1No.654,347i I k d A of side bars 1, 1, which support a carrier,

and a body part 2 of canvas or other Suit-:

able material; The canvas part 2 may be secured to the side bars 1, 1 in any suitable manner. As shown,th'e edges 3:-=are extended over and secured so as to formwhat may be called-a tube'on each side, through which the side bars 1. may be inserted. The

side bars are spaced and maintainedapart by a spreader bard, arranged at each end, the same being formed with a suitable loop 5, or '-the equivalent, arranged to embrace the bars. The side barsl l, and spacing bars 4, l may bemade of, any suitable material, preferably 'tubularusteel, the spacing barslbeing provided with'the looped ends 5 secured to the sameby pins 5, or the equivalent, i

The bed'is' supported by a plurality of coiled; springs 6, each having ,a hook 7 for engagement with a suitable support, and with a hook 8 arranged to embrace and carry the side bars,a hookat each corner of. the 1 bed ordinarily being all the springs required for the purpose. While" each of the hooks 8niay be formedsubstantiallysimilar to the hooks/7,1 preferably make the same of suitable material, and separate from the springs, and with a thread 9warra'nged to" engage with the coilsxon the spring, and

provide an extendedilug or projection 10' arranged to entera hole 11 in the side b21412: The lugand hole arrangement prevent theside members from fslippingv out of the hooks or becoming disengaged.

Each stand showncomprises a and a similarly formed U-shaped member having legs 14, 14, preferably of anglebar the legs 12 intermediatethe' ends of the latter at .15. One of-said U+shaped members is preferably smaller than the other, as illustrated whereby the legs of one may fold within the legsof the other, so as to offer substantially "no obstruction beyond the "en- U-shaped member having legs 12, 12,"preferably of angle bar formation and connected as at 13, b

formation, which are pivotally "connected to larged orvouter member. when themembers connected together at 19, one part being provided with a depression andthe opposite part with a pin 20, so that they support themselves at their pivotal connection. Any equivalent form of brace may be employed,

:but the form shown prevents the legs from spreading or from moving together.

In setting up the device, the supports are set up the desired distance apart and locked by the braces. The hooks 7 on the springs 4 are then inserted in the desired hole 16, the

position of the same depending upon the condition of the patient or the desire of the user of the device. If the side bars larenot in the position in the tubes at the sides of the canvas carrier or body part 2, they are inserted in the same. The spreader bars ,4 are then positioned substantially as shown so as to spread thecanvas 2 and maintain the bars 1 spaced, or in operative position. The bed part may then be placed upon the springs, the same being arranged so that the lugs 10 enter the holes 11 in the. side bars. By providing a plurality of holes 16, the ends of the bed part may be supported at the same height, or. one end may be raised, enabling the head or feet to be raised above the'opposite extremity. The manner of folding up the device and taking-it apart will be obvious :from the above description of setting it up, the operations being simply the reverse.

The device is particularly adapted and valuable for giving first aid to the injured, since it affords a comfortable and practical method of carrying the sick or injured by the device. Any common wagon, truck, or other vehicle, may be used for handling a patient with a greater degree of comfort than the most up todate ambulance, and without requiring the time necessary to wait for an ambulanceto be called and reach the patient. l/Vhen used in this way supports may be set up in the wagon, or other vehicle, and the bed part used as a stretcher to carry the patientto the wagon. The pa-v is carried in the most desirable way by the carrier and springs, and when it is desired to remove the patient the bed part may be removed from the support and springs, and again used as a stretcher. The above is merely one of the many uses of the device, but I mention particularly the use of the same because of the crude and extremely poor facilities that were known prior to my invention 1 for the handling and carrying of the sick and injured in emergency cases, even with ambulances.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention, hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construcw tion, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, or uses men tioned.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a cot, a supporting stand forone end thereof comprising two substantially U- shaped members, each member having side arms formed of angle bars and a transversely extending arm forming abase for the sidearms and adapted to engage a surface, one of said U-shaped members being slightly larger than the other whereby one may fold within the other, and the side arms of the smaller member being pivotally connected at itsupper end to the side flange of the cooperating member at a point interme: diate the ends of the latter, hingedbracket members projecting between the side arms of the cooperating members at a point adjacent .the base members thereof, the enlarged U'shaped member having a series of vertically spaced apertures, and coil springs each terminating at its upper end in a hook to engagecany of said aperturesand projecting downwardly between the cooperating U- shaped members and having at its lower end a U-shaped support adapted to receive one end of aystre'tcher or the like.

2.- A combined collapsible support and stretcher comprising end supports or stand: ards, each. consisting of a pair of pivotally connected U-shaped angle iron brackets, one of whichbrackets being slightly smaller than the other whereby when collapsed they interfit, releasable brace members for holding the brackets extended, the base of said brackets being adapted to rest ona surface, one flange of the outer bracket having a series of. vertically spaced openings, a stretcher disposedbetween the end supports comprising oppositely arranged elongated side arms and-transversely extending stay rods spaced from the ends thereof, a flexi-, ble covering stretched between and overlyingsaid side arms, the covering at its ends terminating in a point whereby the said arms have an unobstructed elongated extentension end of said arms, and an interlocksion, a yieldable hanger for each of said ing engagement betweensaid lastmentioned side arms, said hanger having a hook at the hook and said side armextension.

upper end to detachably engage any one a ALTON E. GOSSO; of said openings in the flange of the outer Witnesses: bracket, said yieldable hanger also having a GUsTAvE T. HETzE, hook to engage over the unobstructed ex- RALPH B. WOOLSEY.

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